This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A museum dedicated to the least secret spy is actually an attempt to get Hollywood's attention.

Unlikely place for krautrock legends to hang out.

A derelict New Zealand-themed amusement park in Japan.

Okinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha Harbor.

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

Hidden by the roadside in the Iya Valley, this gem brings together folk monsters and the region's unique geography.

Only the face remains of this giant Buddha statue, which is said to be a source of luck for students.

A wooden prison doesn't sound like a good idea, yet this abandoned 1950s detention center still stands today.

This massive, Edo Period, coin-shaped sand painting is believed to be a source of great luck.